Shortly after announcing the death of over 700 primary teachers compelled to work on panchayat election duty, the Uttar Pradesh Primary Teachers Association voiced their concern about 300 more teachers, who are in critical condition since April 29, 2021. According to General Secretary Sanjay Singh, members called for a boycott of all election-related duties during previous meetings in light of the increasing death toll. The Members thanked the Supreme Court for taking cognisance of the issue and asking the state government and election commission (SEC) about necessary precautions for counting. However, Singh condemned the claims of the administration in the affidavit of the government. “They claim that they have been taking necessary precautions. These are nothing but claims. The ...

On Sunday, India recorded 3,689 deaths due to Covid-19, the highest number of deaths in a day since the pandemic broke out. On Saturday, the new positive cases were recorded to be more than four lakhs. Although, on Sunday, the recorded cases were a little below the four lakh mark with 3.92 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. Counting for votes in 4 states (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam) and a union territory (Puducherry) have begun today amidst the chaos created by the pandemic under strict Covid protocol. The voting for these elections took place in March and April, the time around which Covid-19 cases started growing at an alarming rate. From fewer than 25,000 cases until March 14, the number of Covid cases crossed 4 Lakh mark on May 1. In three states Bhartiya Janta P...

As India deals with the deadly pandemic, amidst the death and the devastation, the rich of India escaped in private jets. Reports have flooded all around the world with the news of lack of oxygen, hospital beds and the essential medicines in India, but the rich of this third world nation-state booked their flights to safer destinations in the Middle East, Europe and the Indian Ocean. Rohan Mehra, the CEO of Club One Air, a New Delhi-based private jets firm said to Bloomberg, that it was not just the ultra-rich, anybody who could afford a private jet fled the country. The motivation behind fleeing India was the travel curbs that the other countries were imposing on traveling to and from India. As countries like the UK, UAE and Canada imposed these bans, there was an emergence of last-...

Muslims in several parts of India have turned mosques and madrassas into Covid care facilities for the patients as the Covid cases continue to rise every day, Anadolu Agency reported India, on Saturday, recorded 4,01,993 new positive cases after recording more than 3 lakh positive cases every day for nine days straight beginning 22 April. The country has faced a severe shortage of oxygen, beds, and medicines since then. As the government healthcare infrastructure crumbled, citizens have come forward to help each other fight the pandemic. Similarly, Muslim organizations have come forward to the rescue in the holy month of Ramzan. In Vadodara, Gujarat, administrators running a Darul Uloom or Islamic seminary, have created a Covid care facility, which us equipped with oxygen fitted b...